Butte semi-weekly miner., 1887-09-10

pressing the wickedness and evils Of those
was not by legal enactments, but by culti-
waiting. proper moral sentiment; that the
onlv way to stop such evi. as selling intoxi-
eating liquors in places Of amusement was
by high license, and SO tax them out OF ex-
istence. The question being put ss to
the bill to pass, the motion was lost by a
tie vote, and the bill reported without
House Bill No. 16, Great
ing the office of Commissioner of Mines,
Scobey offered an amendment, placing
mines on the same basis as live stock; that
the expenses and salary Of the Commits
sioner should be paid from fund created
by special tax Of one and one-haH mills
on the machinery and net proceeds. Car
ried. The bill was recommended to port
pass. Afternoon session.
THE COUNCIL RETURNED
House Bill No. Z. with amendments. The
amendment in effect makes properly
qualification unnecessary in those incorpo-
rated cities which now require such Of
voters for all city officers or for the voting
OF bonds or special taxation. The bill
principally effects the City OF Ra.aman,
where women paying a tax can vote at
city elections. Armstrong said he was in
favor of the amendments being rejected on
account of the evident wishes of the princi-
pal citizens of Bozeman, as expressed
through remonhtrances and kilograms sent
to the Legislature. Anderson and Hoff-
man, the other two members from Gala
tin, thought the bill should pass as
amended. Blake said he wasa member OF
the Legislature at the time the city charter
was passed, and he pointed out at the
time that of the " ord male was not in
serted it would allow women to vote and
he was in favor OF the bill and amend
ments and wished it to go on record once
more as an opponen, to female suffrage,
so called in all it's forms. On the question
OF the adoption of the amendments the
ayes and nayes were called and resulted as
follows: Ayes, Anderson, Blake, Gorham,
Hoffman, johnson. Kanouse, Mantle,
Marshall, Muth, Scoby. Spaulding, Taylor,
Tett,nan, White. Wilson.-15. Nayes.
Brown, Buskett, Hanscom, Harwood.
Page, Thompson, Toole, Armstrong;
This makes the bill become a law on re-
newing the Governors signature.
THE EVENT Of THE DAY
In Helena has been the formal opening OF the
First National Bank in it's new and splen'
did edifce. The building, which is OF
stone and ornate architecture, would be a
credit to any city in the Union and the in
terror finish and arrangements suggest
themselves to the most inexperienced OF
outsiders including newspaper men, as be-
ing as nearly perfect as bank or it's clerks
can desire. The event was signalized by a
housewarming at which there was pro-
fuse display of lunch, wines and cigars, and
where all who chose to enter were hospita.
bly, entertained. The building is mostly OF
granite with brown-stone trimmings
and is an honor to the Terri
tory and to the gentlemen who
erected it. Hanscom's bill for Commits
sioner of Mines was virtually defeated iii
the House. I know of no reason why it
should have met with such fall, but sup
pose rnat it was because in the event Of its
nosaaoo a. kIu,u WOu1,A nave Deen
named for the position. The Insane Asy-
lum bill will be defeated, but just what the
governor will do in the matter is now a
subject of interest to many. The Cascade
County bill is hanging fire but unless some
unforeseen contingency arises, it will pass.